Certified Nurse Midwife/Cnm - Alice (Alice)
Company: Christus Health
Location: Alice
Posted on: June 24, 2025
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Job Description:
Description Summary: CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic is looking for a
Certified Nurse Midwife to join the Alice clinic. The Nurse Midwife
manages women's health care, focusing particularly on pregnancy,
childbirth, the post partum period, care of the newborn, and the
family planning and gynecologic needs of women. Provides direct
prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum and/or well women patient
services and primary care to low-to-moderate risk obstetrical and
gynecological patients. Follows established departmental policies,
procedures, and objectives, continuous quality improvement
objectives, and safety, environmental, and/or infection control
standards. Responsibilities: - Assesses critical elements of the
patient’s history, interprets test results, and institutes practice
protocols with a high degree of independence - Partners with
physician colleagues to diagnose and manage patients using
guidelines and approved standards of care - Leads the health care
team with expert advice to case managers, nurses, physicians,
social workers, and other health care members as appropriate -
Communicates findings and plan of care to physician and other
members of the healthcare team through progress notes and verbal
communication - Interprets and follows up on test results and
response to treatments and medications - Evaluates patients’
response to the plan of care, and revises the plan as needed,
collaborating with a physician as required - Identifies
patient/family educational needs and in collaboration with
appropriate staff, provides patient/family education - Acts as an
advocate for the patient/family, encouraging participation in
decision-making and care - Tracks clinical performance outcome data
- Performs advanced procedures for which competency has been
verified - Assess learning capabilities and readiness of population
or individuals, and tailors education to meet age, developmental,
and educational needs - Prioritizes learning needs and documents
them accordingly - Ensures that time frame and subject matter is
appropriate for target audience/individual - Utilizes appropriate
teaching materials (handouts, audiovisuals, demonstration, etc.)
and documents use and patient outcome - Initiates, designs, and
completes educational programs for patients, families, and target
audiences - Communicates advanced knowledge and skills related to
patients, families, and staff at the organizational, community, and
national level - Adheres to agree upon format/protocol for
documentation of records - Maintains appropriate level of
documentation to promote/support level of complexity when compared
against/to service fee charges - Documents telephone calls with
patients and specialists - Documents in concise, clear, logical,
and legible manner - Identifies the knowledge and skills needed
through self-assessment, peer review, and supervisory review -
Participates in a variety of educational activities in order to
maintain and increase competency - Maintains
licensure/certification Requirements: Education/Skills - Master of
Science in Nursing Experience - 2 -3 years of experience Licenses,
Registrations, or Certifications - NRP - APRN License in state of
employment - BLS - CNM Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8A-5P Work
Type: Full Time Recruiter: Dee Dee Fowler deedee.
fowler@christushealth. org Call/Text: 903-237-9418
Keywords: Christus Health, Corpus Christi , Certified Nurse Midwife/Cnm - Alice (Alice), Healthcare , Alice, Texas
